Common name:
Corn spurry
Family:
Scientific name:
Spergula arvensis
Main flower color:
Range:
All regions of the UK
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Fields and grassland, in sandy places, often coastal
Flowers:
Five white to pale pink petals and five green sepals about equal in length. Sepals and stems have a sparse covering of glandular hairs. Flowers are held a little way above the uppermost leaves. Buds are pendent, flowers erect. Sepals are recurved at maturity. Ten stamens and five styles project from the flower centre
Leaves:
Narrow, linear, whorled, grooved underneath
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
